Lock for crossed wires.



No. 809,395. PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

E. T. POGKLINGTON.

LOCK FOR (mosssn WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6. 1905.

Witnesse I Inventor! I I I Attorneys understood that changes in theform, propor- ELMER T. POCKLINGTON, OF CLAYTON, MICHIGAN.

LOCK FOR CROSSED WIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed January 6, 1905. Serial No. 239,954.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER T. Poc Lme- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Clayton, in the county of Lenawee and- State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Lock for Crossed Wires, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for fastening crossed or intersectingwires, and has for its object to rovide an improved form of wire-lockparticularly adapted for connecting stay and runner Wires of wire fencesat their points of crossing or intersection.

It is furthermore designed to provide a simple and inexpensive lock ofthe character described which may be conveniently applied to the crossedwires and which is effective to prevent lateral movement of each wireupon the other. without olfering any obj ectionable projections.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being tion, size, and minordetails may be made within the sec e of the claims without departingfrom t e s irit or sacrificing any of the advantages of t e invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thewire-lock of the present invention applied in position to connect a airof crossed wires. Fig. 2 is an elevation coking at the opposite side ofthe lock. Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is a sectional view onthe line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the originalform of the look before being bent upon the wires to be connected.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawings.

In explanation of the resent invention there have been shown in t eaccompanying drawings two crossed wires 1 and 2, which may be alongitudinal or runner wire of a fence and an u right or stay wire.

The original form of the present look, as best shown in Fig. 5 of thedrawings, is in the nature of a substantially U-shaped staple 3, whichis placed astraddle of one of the wiressay, for instance, therunner-wire 1 with its opposite sides substantially parallel with saidwire and extending across the wire 2 at the opposite side of the wire 1.Thelonger side or member 4 of the staple is bent toward the oppositeside 5, so as to cross the wire 1 across the opposite side thereof fromthe original bend of the staple, asindicated at 6, and then theextremity of this side is rebent to form a hook 7, snugly embracing thewire 1. The other member 5 of the lock extends across the wire 2 and isthen bent beneath the wire 1, so asto passupwardly across the oppositeside thereof, after which it is passed back between the wire 1 and theside 4 of the look, as at 8, with the extremity 9 of the portion Shockedaround the side 4 of the look.

It will here be explained that the wires 1 and 2 and the lock in itsstaple form are subjected to the action of dies to bend the wirelockaround the crossed wires, as hereinbefore explained, the dies serving toproduce opposite bends or kinks 11 and 12 in the wires 1 and 2, which,together with the grip ping action of the lock, effectually preventsside slipping of either wire upon the other, as well as endwisemovements of the wires.

A very important feature of the present form of lock resides in the factthat one terminal 7 thereof snugly grips the wire 1, so as to obviate anobjectionable projection, and the same thing is true of the oppositeex,- tremity 9 of the lock, which similarly embraces the side 4 of thelock. By this arrangement the lock encircles the joint between thecrossed wires, and the extremity 9 of the lock is rigidly engaged withthe opposite side thereof, so as to prevent spreading of the loop formedin the look, while the opposite extremity 7 of the lock is anchored uponthe wire 1, so as to prevent slipping of the look upon the wires andalso to prevent separation of the extremities of the lock.

In its applied form the lock snugly hugs the crossed wires and iscomparatively flat, wherefore projections are obviated, and the lock isnot a menace to stock, while at the same time the crossed wires arelocked in a snug embrace in an exceedingly simple, eflicient, andinexpensive manner.

Although the extremity 7 of the lock has been shown engaged with therunner-wire 1, it will of course be understood that the arrangement maybe changed to engage the extremity 7 with the stay-wire 2, as may befound most convenient or desired in the construction of the fence orother article. 5

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. Thecombination with a pair of crossed wires, of a substantially U-shapedlook therefor having its bend straddling one of the wires with its sidessubstantially parallel therewith and crossing the other wire at theopposite side of the first wire, the end portion of one of the sides ofthe lock being bent transversely across the first-mentioned Wire uponthe same side thereof as the original bend of the lock and engaged withthe other side of the lock, the end of said other side of the lock beingbent transversely across the adjacent side of the first-mentioned wireand hooked around the same.

2. The combination with a pair of crossed wires, of a substantiallyU-shaped lock having its bend placed astraddle of one of the wires withits sides extending across the other wire at the opposite side of thefirstmentioned wire, one side of the lock lying e11- tirely upon oneside of the first-mentioned Wire with its extremity hooked about thesame, and the other side of the lock bent transversely across thefirst-mentioned wire and engaged with the first-mentioned side of thelock.

3. The combination with a pair of crossed wires, of a substantiallyU-shaped lock having its bend straddling one of the wires with its sidescrossing the other wire at the opposite side of the first mentionedwire, the sides of the lock being bent inwardly across the adjacent wireupon opposite sides thereof, one side of the lock being hooked about theadjacent wire and the other side being hooked about the first-mentionedside of the lock at the opposite side of the wire.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELMER T. POCKLINGTON.

WVitnesses:

EDWARD M. PALMER, F. MAY OULBEnTsoN.

